Obadiah Bartholomy

Presented to CPUC Workshop on Building

Decarbonization

April 8th, 2019

Building Decarbonization at SMUD

SMUD IRP and Carbon Goals

• IRP Tradeoff- further increasing renewable investments vs focus on transportation and building decarbonization

• Board chose more expensive local investment in T+B decarbonization, committing $1.7B over next 20 years to these initiatives

Projected ‘Equivalent Electric Home’ Adoption and Budgets ($Millions)

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HPSH

HPWH

Induction

SMUD Electrification Program Offerings

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Launch Date

Total Possible

Incentive Base Incentive HP-HVAC HPWH Induction Bonus

Single Family New

ConstructionMarch 2018 $5,000 $4,000 $1,000 x

Multifamily New

ConstructionMarch 2018 $1,750 $1,250 $500 x

Single Family Existing May 2018 $10,500 n/a $4,500 $3,000 $500 $2,500

HPWH Equipment

EfficiencyJune 2018 $3,000 $2,000 n/a n/a $1,000

HPWH Midstream

IncentiveNovember

2018$1,000 n/a n/a n/a x

Multifamily ExistingDecember

2018$2,500 n/a $1,000 $1,000 $500 x

HP-HVAC Equipment

Efficiency1st Quarter

2019$4,500 $1,500 $2,500 n/a n/a $500

HPWH Direct Install

Program2nd Quarter

2019$3,000 n/a n/a n/a x

SMUD Electrification Program Uptake

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2018(7 Months)

2019(Forecast)

Single Family New

Construction79 194

Commitments from 4 of the top 25 builders in Sacramento, Much

more interest this year, 230 commitments 2020-2021

Multifamily New

Construction0 18

Main issue is both lead time for multifamily as well as central HPWH

systems are challenging to electrify

HP-HVAC Equipment 134 500 Predominantly HPP so far, launching Equipment Efficiency in June

HPWH Equipment 142 654Delivery through HPP and Equip Eff, seeing some organization

around HPWH

Induction Cooking 10 20Multiple challenges – emotional choice for consumers, delivery

method of program as well

Multifamily Existing 88 300Aided by our internal low income programs as well as external low

income programs (multiple funding sources)

Contractors selling the programs themselves

Contractor Actions:

Printing Flyers

Renting a Billboard

Home Show Displays

Installing an all-electric showroom

• Gave 287 induction cooktops to online

survey panel members in December as

thank you + survey

• Very or slightly positive impression of

induction improved from 22% to 91% (61%

very positive)

• 47% of Gas stove users much more likely to

consider induction in the future

• 57% of gas stove users would very likely

recommend induction to a friend

All I want is an Induction Cooktop for Christmas

“It’s almost like cooking with magic, its fast, responsive, and seems safer”

Thank you.